§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what communica-tions Her Majesty's Government have had with Dr. Carlos Cardoen of Chile since 1985 over the procurement of British machine tools for the production of armaments in Chile.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryWe have no record of communications between Her Majesty's Government and Dr. Carlos Cardoen about such procurement. I also refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the then Minister of State for Foreign and420W Commonwealth Affairs, the hon. Member for Watford (Mr. Garel-Jones), to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Mr. Rogers) on 21 April 1993 at column 107.